Habibi is what happens when you spill solvent on the psychedelic garage / surf music / girl groups section of your record collection.

Go ahead and call your band Great Grandpa. You better have something pretty weird up your sleeve.

Prince Buster , the legendary soundmaker, has died. Generoso Fierro recounts his monumental life and career.

Oui, Oui, Si, Si, Ja, Ja, Da, Da (Lucky 7 Records / Koch International). Review by Carl F Gauze.

So This Is Great Britain? (TVT). Review by Jen Cray.

Ska pioneers, The Toasters, are still inspiring kids to skank 24 years into their career. Jen Cray attends a ska triple bill in Orlando and tells us how they manage to do it.

Just One More (Fat Wreck Chords). Review by Stein Haukland.

A brand new column just for you! Follow Gregory Schaeffer and his lil’ film from Japan to Hollywood to madness, and all points in between! Should be quite a ride.

Just the Best Party (Gern Blandsten). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

Jools Holland’s Big Band Rhythm + Blues (Rhino). Review by Ian Koss.

Matt Cibula digs into the new DVD of the celebrated film Memento, in which nothing is what it seems. Plus a guy gets a lot of gnarly tattoos.

Madness (Metal Blade). Review by Nathan T. Birk.

For a masochist like myself, living in such a sunny climate might be the end of me…..I would start preaching on street-corners, and recruiting young girls to become my henchmen, my right-hand….well, not men, I guess……right-hand girls, yeah, girls…..my right-hand girls in the most ingenious plans ever laid out!

Universal Madness (Goldenvoice). Review by Julio Diaz